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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Early diagnostic procedures in primary care and hospital for children with a painful hip. A prospective study

Stanislaw Jung Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, South Tyneside Hospital, South Shields, UK
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Steven Borland Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, South Tyneside Hospital, South Shields, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Dariusz Matewski Collegium Medicum Bydgoszcz, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Pages 226-230 | Received 23 Jun 2008, Accepted 23 Oct 2009, Published online: 04 Dec 2009

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